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Direct to Datacentre is a combination of services designed to simplify procuring servers, storage and networking for use in UK-based colocation data centres. Our accredited sales and pre-sales professionals can right-size your solution and find the most cost effective hardware, before our team of dedicated server technicians assemble and configure your solution in our purpose-built antistatic lab prior to shipping straight to your datacentre of choice.

	Our accredited pre-sales team will speak to you to discuss your requirements and ensure the solution we quote meets the needs of your business, with safeguards such as failover and disaster recovery options in place.
	Our sales team will work across distribution and across vendors to find the most cost effective source for your solution, including applicable vendor promotions or special pricing.
	Our technicians build your solution to the manufacturer's guidelines, ensuring cables are routed correctly and fans aren't obstructed. Any RAID arrays requested are created.
	Once assembled, we thoroughly test the components and the system as a whole to make sure there are no system health issues. Any issues found are resolved prior to shipping.
	Our solutions are shipped fully insured and tracked, so we can notify your datacentre precisely when they can accept delivery. Should anything be found to be damaged in transit, we can resolve in a timely manner.

The benefits of colocation

Using your own hardware in a UK datacentre has many benefits over renting processing time in a typical cloud scenario. Using your own hardware provides the full private cloud offering with all the benefits that come with it. It can be seen as the best of both worlds - A true cloud offering but with the dedicated hardware, security benefits and fixed pricing you expect from typically on-premises hardware.

Private cloud explained

A private cloud environment is a type of cloud computing that offers many benefits to organisations that need more control, security and customisation over their data and applications. Unlike a public cloud, which is shared by multiple users, a private cloud is dedicated to a single organisation and can be hosted on-premises or by a third-party provider. Some of the benefits of a private cloud environment are:

• Enhanced security and compliance: A private cloud allows organisations to implement their own security policies and standards, as well as comply with specific regulations that may not be met by a public cloud provider. A private cloud also reduces the risk of data breaches, cyberattacks and unauthorized access by limiting the exposure of sensitive data to external parties.
  
  
• Greater flexibility and scalability: A private cloud enables organisations to customise their infrastructure, software and services to meet their specific needs and preferences. A private cloud also allows organisations to scale up or down their resources as needed, without affecting the performance or availability of other users.
  
  
• Improved performance and reliability: A private cloud can deliver faster and more consistent performance than a public cloud, as it eliminates the latency and bandwidth issues that may arise from sharing resources with other users. A private cloud also ensures higher availability and uptime, as it can leverage redundant and backup systems to prevent downtime and data loss.

Servers Plus are industry specialists in providing complete solutions into UK businesses and datacentres. To discuss your business IT requirements and talk over your on-premises or private cloud options, call us on 03333 11 00 66 or click the 'Get a Quote' link at the top of this page.

Speak to us to discuss your specific requirements and get a quote today!